70% say government wastes our money

By Kurt Brouwer

Obviously, we are in the political season and most polls have to do with the prospects for incumbents and challengers for political office. This poll from Rasmussen is not about politics at all. Instead, it has to do with public opinions on government spending. As such, I suspect this finding has serious political implications, but I’ll let you figure out what those might be. The poll, of 1,000 adult Americans, seeks to find out how we feel about government spending among other issues [emphasis added}:

Most Americans feel the federal government has too much money and doesn’t spend it well.

A new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds that 61% of Adults think the federal government has too much power and money…

Only 25% of Americans believe the current policies of the federal government are working to get the economy moving? That is very significant as a take on the public mood. Forget all the political punditry you here and see, this may be the most significant finding I have seen.

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Kurt Brouwer is a fee-only financial advisor with three decades of experience. He is the chairman and co-founder of Brouwer & Janachowski, LLC. Kurt has written books, articles and hundreds of blog posts on mutual funds, ETFs and other investment topics. E-mail: kurt.brouwer *at* gmail.com.